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The research by Ericsson and colleagues (1980) examined the ability of a college student to achieve amazing feats of memory by having him remember strings of random digits that were recited to him. They found that this student used his experience with running times to help him retain these strings of numbers. The significance of this finding was that
 
  a. experts show larger primacy and recency effects than beginners.
  b. knowledge in an area of expertise increases a person's digit span.
  c. expertise with some material reduces susceptibility to proactive interference with that material.
  d. chunking requires knowledge of familiar patterns or concepts.

Question 2

The primary effect of chunking is to
 
  a. maximize the recency effect.
  b. increase memory for items by grouping them together based on sound.
  c. develop a visual code to supplement a phonological code for the information.
  d. increase the efficiency of short-term memory.


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Danny Ewald

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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